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Where does “mexar” come from?

mexar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese mejar, from Vulgar Latin meiare, from Latin meiō, from Proto-Italic meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ- — to urinate.

mexar (Galician): to piss; to discharge as or with the urine

Definitions

  1. to piss; to discharge as or with the urine

Ancestry of “mexar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemejar—
2Vulgar Latinmeiare—
3Latinmeiō—
4Proto-Italicmeiɣjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meyǵʰ-to urinate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃meyǵʰ- →